Pardon the dust...

I am attempting to re-do my blog...the operative word being "attempting."  SEriously-what in the world is "html???" And I never knew all of the shift buttons meant so much (and altered things so greatly).  So please, stand-by. The likelihood rests high in the fact that I will call in professional reinforcements.

In the mean time, please enjoy these few pictures from Ruthie's first trip to the zoo. She was rather unimpressed but at least she almost stayed in her stroller (well for 15 minutes) and seemed to enjoy all of the scenery-although not all that impressed with the animals. One day, baby girl!

PS: How handsome is my husband? I think he is quite.
PPS: Please ignore my momentary lapse of judgement with the brunette hair in the last pic. My senses came to me and after a month I went back to blonde.

Upcoming features will be: a house tour (before/after), nursery budgets and design, and our trip to Disneyland!

Encouragement.

Sorry I am not a blogger.  I honestly go through a quandary about five times a week regarding the internet and how "forward" our society is moving regarding technology being the epicenter for what might be called relationships.  I have this blog mainly to encourage and document our family and what life for us is made up of.

I have received some of the most encouraging emails and I will reply once I get more than this ten minutes at the computer. See, our little girl still doesn't like to sleep and takes a max of 45 minute naps which I pray is changing.  The blog world is hard for me because I believe that with all of my heart we are supposed to be sitting at coffee with people, reading books next to one another, serving together, talking face to face, and living life not on our IPhones, IPads, IMacs, I-this, I-that, Internet, Instagram, etc.  I have a very hard time with conversations over email because I would so much rather talk to people face to face because it is a million times stronger and more personal than this "other" land.

I plan on doing an I-fast just to see what can be done when there are no distractions from a life I can really live. I get soooo easily distracted and sooo don't want my daughter to think of my Iphone as an appendage to my body :)  

Nonetheless, I will continue to share what's on my heart, whether it be the easy stuff or the really good/hard stuff.  Here are some pics from our trip to Hawaii this last week and a word of warning for you mommas, don't take your baby out of your time zone. Travel only north or south.  Trust me.

We also just got back from a lovely weekend at the coast with Matt's amazing family.  They are fantastic and hopefully pics to come soon.

Love, Anna

Happiest baby on the block. 

Our awesome traveling duo. 

Delights my soul

An absolutely fantastic Hawaiian wedding complete with fresh sushi, Hawaiian bbq, photo booth, etc

We are so blessed. Abundantly.

Ruth's first polo match. Conveniently next door to our cottage.

Well...maybe not a huge fan of the ocean.

One of my fave pics ever.

What you get to see when your little doll is on a time change.

Her first time being in Hawaiian sand-time: 5:30am

Boy does she love Tammy. It is the cutest.

So glad you are here.

Did you ever realize that those words can change peoples' lives?  I was just thinking this last night at church.  How just telling someone that you want them there and that they are right where they are supposed to be can actually change their life.

I know so many people that are going through awful things. Things I could never imagine.  And I need to be sure that whenever I see them that I make sure they know that I love just being around them and getting to love them is my honor.  Tell them it is a joy that God has brought them right there.  At that moment. That even if life sucks, for that instance, they are wanted and loved and needed and desired and cared for.

There is my soap box for the day.

Fourth of July...she just took a whole handful of salad from Matt's plate. And JM is running to get his camera

Mommy and Daddy date night. 

 I finally got a real pic with baby girl and I. That smile...

Grandma Wright...gammy. And yes, she does cry (whenever you try to put her to sleep and that is the only time. Social butterfly).

Grandpa Wright :)